Fare-indicator.



B. SCHNEIDER.

FARE INDICATOR.

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Patented Oct. 13, 1908-.

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FARE INDICATOR.

ARPLIOATION FILED MAY 23, 1907.

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FARE INDICATOR.

APPLICATION rum) MAY 2a, 1901.

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UNITED STATES BERTHOLD SCHNEIDER, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

FARE-INDICATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908.

Original application filed September 12, 1906, Serial No. 334,312. Divided and this application filed May 23, 1907.

Serial No.

and more particularly to a structure embodying a preferred form of indicating and totalizing mechanism for the regular passenger fares, in combination with a novel mechanism for making two simultaneous indications, one for the passenger and the other for the owner, of the so-called extra fares, i. 6., fares which are required in a number of countries and municipalities for big luggage, do s, and the like.

it is necessary for the driver to show to the passenger the extra fare he has to pay with regard to the liwgage, and it is also necessary that the severa extra fares are added and checked so that the owner of the vehicle can ascertain the amount of the extra fares of the day or of any other time.

The object of the invention is to provide means in a manner as hereinafter set forth which renders impossible a fraudulent manipulation on the art of the driver, of the disk indicating additional fares. The disk by means of which the passenger is informed of the extra fare is positively actuated with that which indicates these extra fares to the owner of the vehicle; in consequence of which both disks must necessarily indicate the same amount.

The accompanying drawings illustrate a fare-indicator in accordance with this invention.

Referring to these drawings :Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a front and a side elevation of the mechanism by means of which the device which indicates extra fares is actuated; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the mechanism in a different position; Figs. 4 and 5 show on an enlarged scale portions of the mechanism as shown in Fi s. 1 and 3; Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the mec anism shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is an elevation of a disk containing extra fare markings which are displayed to the passenger and which increase in a determinate ratio and are each indicative of the sum of all the extra fares previously collected after the operation of the disk from its zero position.

The mechanism by means of which extra fares are indicated is actuated by the driver by means of a button a which is situated to the rear of the fare-indicator and firmly keyed upon a shaft which passes through the rear wall of the indicator casing and actuates a connecting rod 62 by means of a crank 61. The connecting rod 62 is subject to the action of a spiral spring 63 and is connected by the pin 64 with a lever 65 that is pivoted at 66 and has mounted upon it a stud 67 carrying a pawl 68. This pawl is kept in engagement with a second pawl 70 on a stud 73 carried by a lever 74 pivoted on a stud 75. A stop 77 attached to the bedplate prevents the lever 74 from swinging too far ahead. To the free end of the lever 74 there is attached at 79 a pawl 78 which engages with a ratchet wheel 81 rigidly connected with the check disk 82 by means of which the owner of the vehicle ascertains what extra fares have been paid. The pawl 70 is furnished on each side with a projection, that on the left engaging with the pawl 68 when the mechanism for operating the extra fare indicating means is put into actuation, while that on the right engages with a ratchet wheel 85 that is firmly keyed upon the shaft 86 of the disk 89 which informs the passenger of the extra fares.

The backward rotation of the ratchet wheel 85 is prevented by the lever detent 87 which by means of a spring 88 is maintained in engagement therewith. To the pawl 70 there is attached a stud 97 which passes through a slot in the bedplate and the'free end of which is preferably flattened in certain places. The stud 97 presses against a pawl 96 which is pivoted on a bent lever 58 mounted on a stud 59 at the back of the bedplate. This lever 58 can be oscillated by means of a cam 99 mounted on the flagshaft 18, and is used to return the front indicating disk of the extra fare mechanism to zero,

when the fare indicator is put out of engagement. vVhen the driver for the purpose of indicating extra fares, turns the stud a in the direction shown in Fig. 1, the connecting rod 62 is moved downward against the action of the spring 63 and the lever 65 is oscillated around its pivot 66. By this means the pawl 68 is drawn downwards and, by means of the projection 71 carries down with it the second pawl 70. Simultaneously the lever 74 is moved about its stud 75, and the pawl 78 .under the action of the spring is moved lnwkwards over the ratchet wheel 81 to the 1 extent of a single tooth. W'hen moving downwards, the pawl 70, by means of the stud 97, moves the pawl 96 against the action of its spring and passes by the pawl 96, whereupon the spring forces the pawl 96 over the stud 97. 11" now the driver, before the catch of the pawl has passed over another of the teeth of the ratchet wheel 85, loosens his hold on the button a, the pawl 70 will he unable to move lmckwards and the driver obliged again to rotate the button before the meclmnism can assume its initial position.

hen the pawls 68 and 70 reach the termination of their downward movement wherein the catch of the pawl 70 lies below the next tooth in succession. of the ratchet wheel said pawls will, through the action of the spring 7 2 upon the pawl 70 and. of a stud attached to the pawl 68 and sliding on the outer edge of the bedplate, be moved out of engagement in such a manner that the pawl 70 is by means of the spring 72 moved towards the right, into operative engagement with the ratchet wheel 85. When the pointed end of the pawl 70 engages as far as possible under each of the teeth of the ratchet wheel 85, the stud 97 has moved to the right so far that when the nawl 70 is raised, said stud can pass the pan d 96, the latter abutting against a stop pin, shown clearly in Figs. 4 and 5, which stop pin limits the movement of said pawl 96 to the right. The lever 7 4, is therefore permitted to be raised and to carry therewith the pawls 70 and 78 which actuate the respective ratchet wheels 85 and 81. By means of the spring 76 the lever 7 4 will now be again returned into its initial position, wh ereby the ratchet wheel 85 will be moved. forward to the extent of a single tooth. The pawl 78 has simultaneously moved the ratchet wheel 81, which is held from backward rotation by means of the pawl 83 and the spring 84, together with the control disk 82 forward to an extent corresponding to the rotation of the ratchet wheel 85, and the disk 89 by means of which the fare is indicated to the passenger. When the apparatus is moved from cash to empty, the cam 99 fixed to the flagshaft 18 presses against the upper end of the lever 58 and turns it about the stud 59, while the lower arm of the lever 58 presses against the stud 97 and moves it to the left. This stud presses against the oblique face of the detent 87 and moves it beyond the range of the ratchet wheel 85, whereupon the ratchet wheel 85, the indicating disk 89 and the shaft 86 are again caused to assume their initial positions by means of the spring 102. To prevent the disk indicating the extra fares, which in the example of apparatus shown'in the drawings is divided in thirteen compartments, from being accidentally moved at once from 8.00, the highest amount it is adapted to indicate to 0.25, the lowest,

there is arranged upon the ratchet wheel 85 a stop 90 which, when the disk 89 to the highest amount, comes to rest against a lever 91 pivoted on the bedplate at 92, and against the action of a spring 93 presses this lever against a stop 94 fixed upon the pawl 70. The lever 91 is furnished with a recess 95 and when the stop 90 on the ratchet wheel 85 is further rotated, presses this recess against th: stop 94 and thus also against the pawl 70, so to prevent the ratchet wheel 85 and the disk 89 from being further rotated. As soon the lever 58 by means of the cam 99 has been set at out of use or tree, the pawl 70 is disengaged from the ratchet wheel 85 which is consequently released.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what l. claim is:

i. In a fare indicator, in combination, two indicating means, each including a ratchet wheel and means for operating the ratchet wheels in unison comprising a lever pivotally disposed between the ratchet wheels, oppositely extending spring held pivoted pawls carried by the lever for engagement with the correspondingly located ratchet wheels, means for moving the lever in one direction to set the pawls upon the ratchet wheels andv means acting automatically to return the lever to normal position and at the same time to move the pawls therewith and actuate the ratchet wheels.

2. A fare-indicator comprising an extrafare-indicating means consisting of an indicating disk, a ratchet-wheel connected therewith for rotating it, a spring-controlled pawl 78 acla ted to engage with said ratchetwheel or actuating it, a s ring-controlled oscillatory lever 7 4. for shifting the pawl to o )crative engagement with the ratchetwieel, a spring-controlled pawl 70 depending from said lever and provided with a projection, an oscillatory lever 65, a pawl carried thereby and adapted to engage with said projection for imparting motion to the lever 7 4 when the lever 65 is actuated, and. a manually operated means for actuating the lever 65.

A fare-indicator comprising an indicating disk for extra fares, an indicating disk for checking the extra fares, a ratchet-wheel 81 connected with the disk for extra fares, a ratchet-wheel 85 connected with the disk for checking the extra fares, a spring-controlled pawl 78 adapted to engage with the ratchet wheel 81 for actuating it, an oscillatory lever 74 for actuating the pawl 78, a pawl 70 depending from the lever 7 4 and adapted to engage with the ratchet-wheel 85 for actuating it, said pawl 70 provided with a projection, an oscillatory lever 65, a pawl 68 carried by said oscillatory lever 65 and adapted to e11- gage with said projection when the lever 65 is oscillated causing thereby the oscillation of the lever 74 in one direction and the actuation of the ratchet-wheels 81 and 85, and a manually operated means for operating the lever 65.

4:. In a fare indicator, in combination, indicating means including a ratchet wheel and means foroperating the ratchet wheel, comprising a pivoted lever, a pawl carried by the lever for engagement with the ratchet wheel, means for moving the lever in one direction to set the pawl upon the ratchet wheel, means for holding said lever against retrograde movement, means operable at the termination of the aforesaid movement of the lever to disengage said holding means, and means acting automatically to return the lever to normal position and at the same time to move the awl therewith and actuate the ratchet whee 5. In a fare indicator, in combination, indicating means including a ratchet wheel, a pivoted operating lever, a pawl carried by the operating lever for engagement with the ratchet wheel, a detent constructed to engage and hold the ratchet wheel from backward movement and at the same time to engage and hold the pawl from movement out of engagement with the ratchet wheel, means operable to engage the pawl and move the same from its engagement with the ratchet wheel and at the same time to move the ole tent from engagement with the ratchet wheel and to permit of the aforesaid movement of the pawl, and means 0 erable upon the disengagement of the pawl or returning the ratchet wheel to its normal position.

6. In a fare indicator, in combination, indicating means including a ratchet wheel, an operating lever, a pawl carried thereby to engage the ratchet wheel, a dog movable to engage the pawl and hold the same from operative movement, a projection on the ratchet wheel for operating the dog into its engagement with the pawl, means for moving the pawl away from the dog and the ratchet wheel and means for returning the ratchet wheel to normal osition.

In testimony wiereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BERTHOLD SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses:

HENRY HASPER, WOLDEMAR HAUPT. 

